Administrator Documentation

Set up Course Overview and Class Engagement

Our in-course Insights reporting was built for Instructors to answer questions in a visual way directly in their courses through the Course Overview Widget and Class Engagement tool.

Administrators are responsible for enabling these tools and granting the correct permissions to instructors. After setup is complete, instructors must add the Course Overview widget to their course home page.

Hosting requirements

The Brightspace Data Platform uses Amazon Web Services™ (AWS) for data storage. Your data is hosted in the same region as your LMS.

Configuration variables

To use the email functionality in the Class Engagement tool, enable the d2l.Tools.Classlist.DisplayUsername configuration variable.

Permissions

The following permissions are required for Course Overview and Class Engagement:

Brightspace Data Platform > Query Data Platform
- Must be granted at the organization level to enable the Tool Access report.
- Must be granted at the course offering level to enable the Course Access report.
Insights > See Course Overview Widget
Insights > See Class Engagement

The following permissions are optional but recommended:

Users > View User Enrollments (allows users to run reports at the course level)
Course Management Console > See Course Info (allows users to view information such as course name, code, parent organization, start and end dates, active/inactive status, and course description)
Tool Management > See Org Tool Management (allows users to view and toggle tools on and off for their course)
To view predicted final grades, Student Success System (S3) must be installed. Refer to Administering Brightspace Student Success System for details.